| Houston Oilers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1972 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 51656 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 83 F Humidty: 18% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Denver Broncos | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Jim Turner 45 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | Steve Ramsey 3 run (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Denver Broncos | Billy Masters 25 pass from Steve Ramsey (Jim Turner kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Ken Burrough 57 pass from Dan Pastorini (Mark Moseley kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Mark Moseley 20 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Jim Turner 29 FG | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Jim Turner 40 FG | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Jim Beirne 18 pass from Dan Pastorini (Mark Moseley kick) | 17 | 23 |
| 4 | Denver Broncos | Billy Van Heusen 66 run (Jim Turner kick) | 17 | 30 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Willie Rodgers | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Robert Holmes | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Al Johnson | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Ward Walsh | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 22 | 101 | 4.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66t | 1 |
| Joe Dawkins | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bobby Anderson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Ramsey | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| Rod Sherman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 33 | 14 | 42.4 | 1 | 203 | 6.2 | 2 | 70.6 | |||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Ramsey | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 1 | 261 | 10.9 | 1 | 82.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 1 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Al Johnson | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Robert Holmes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Willie Rodgers | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rod Sherman | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 0 | |
| Billy Masters | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 1 | |
| Riley Odoms | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Willie Alexander | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Leroy Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 7 | 354 | 50.6 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 4 | 185 | 46.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ken Houston | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rod Sherman | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Robert Holmes | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| Willie Rodgers | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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